Softball Falls To Hillsdale, 3-2, In Game Two

Lindsey Pettit collected two of the Bulldogs' six hits in the 3-2 game-two loss at Hillsdale.

Apr 30, 2011

The Ferris State University softball team had its three-game
winning streak snapped this Saturday (April 30) in game two of a
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC)
doubleheader with Hillsdale as the Chargers claimed a 3-2 decision
over the Bulldogs at HC's Williams Field in Hillsdale, Mich.

Ferris State, which drops to 19-21 overall and 16-12 in the
GLIAC North Division this season to date, trailed throughout the
nightcap as Hillsdale scored once in the first and twice in the
third inning before the Bulldogs were able to get on the
scoreboard.

The Chargers tallied the game's first score in the first on an
unearned run due to a Bulldog fielding error. Freshman
pitcher Amy
Dunleavy (Canton) gained the starting
assignment for Ferris State and took the loss despite throwing
just to one batter in the top of the first inning before sophomore
Emily
Carlson (Wixom/Walled Lake Western) was called upon in
relief of Dunleavy (6-11).

Dunleavy held Hillsdale at bay until the top of
the third inning when Chargers' cleanup hitter Jessica Guertin
smacked a two-run shot over the left field fence for her 11th
roundtripper of this season. Carlson would
go on to pitch 4.1 innings in relief while giving up five hits and
fanning two before sophomore Dana Bowler
(Lockport, Ill.) took over in the pitching circle and went the
final 2.2 innings. Bowler scattered just one
hit and struck out one in her relief performance.

The Bulldogs began to chip away at Hillsdale's three-run lead in
the bottom of the third with their first run of the game.
Sophomore second baseman Lainee Clay
(Wheelersburg, Ohio) lead off with a walk and sophomore outfielder
Morgan
Kramerich (Crest Hill, Ill./Lockport) singled to left
field. With two outs, junior first baseman Chelsea Morris
(Jenison) singled to center field to score Clay
and proceeded to second base while Kramerich
advanced to third on the throw into the
infield. However, FSU's scoring would end as junior
outfielder Stephanie
Dusendang (Comstock Park/Rockford) ended the inning by
grounding out to second base.

Dusendang would help start a rally in the sixth
inning as she lead off with a double to center field and went on to
third ball as a result of a passed ball. A RBI sacrifice fly
by senior shortstop Lynsay Weaver (Bay
City/All Saints) would bring home Dusendang with
Ferris State's second run of the game. Sophomore designated
player Lindsey
Pettit (Portland) followed with a single and
eventually would wind up stranded on second base due to a
wild pitch for the Bulldogs' last scoring opportunity.

Lindsey Pettit and Stephanie
Dusendang paced Ferris State with two hits apiece as the
Bulldogs were outhit 7-6 by the Chargers. Each team also left
seven runners on base.

Ferris State will now get set to wrap up the 2011 regular season
this Sunday (May 1) as the Bulldogs host the Northwood
Timberwolves in a GLIAC North Division doubleheader at the FSU
Varsity Softball Field in Big Rapids, Mich. First game
is slated for a noon (EDT) start while the second game will be
played at 2 p.m. (EDT). In between games, the inaugural
FSU Home Run Derby will be held and is open to all
participants with several prizes to be awarded.

Notes: Stephanie Dusendang posted her team
third-best 11th multi-hit game this season with two hits in the
nightcap. Dusendang also has reached base in 16
consecutive contests to date . . . Chelsea
Morris' team-best and career-high 43 RBIs this
campaign marks a three-way tie for third place among the
program's all-time single-season leaders. Morris is now four
RBIs away from moving into a second-place tie with Nadine Crowl's
47 RBI total in 1998.